2019 van Albada
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | H. van Gent |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg (LS) |
| Discovery date | September 28, 1935 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2019 |
Named after | Gale Bruno van Albada |
| 1935 SX1 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.6121524 |
| Perihelion | 1.8691240 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1658073 |
| 1225.0561969 | |
| 303.36397 | |
| Inclination | 4.04765 |
| 252.31634 | |
| 24.59908 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 11.9 | |
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2019 van Albada (1935 SX1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1935 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg (LS).
2019 was considered as a flyby target of the NEAR unmanned robotic spacecraft mission in the 1990s.[1] NEAR eventually launched, but visited 253 Mathilde and 433 Eros.
See also
- List of asteroids formerly targeted for spacecraft visitation
External links
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